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Content

  • Abstract

  • I. Introduction

  • II. Literature Review

    • A. Theoretical Framework

    • B. Empirical Studies

  • III. Methodology and Data

    • A. Identification of Shifts

    • B. Factors Underlying the Shifts

    • C. Data

  • IV. Empirical Analysis

    • A. Timing and Direction of Shifts

    • B. What Affects the Probability of the Shifts?

    • C. Robustness Analysis

    • D. Interaction Analysis and the Role of Shocks

  • V. Conclusion

  • References

  • Tables

  • 1. Unit Root Tests

  • 2. Johansen-Juselius Cointegration Tests

  • 3. Testing for Regime Shifts in Cointegration: Gregory-Hansen

  • 4a. Nonlinear Estimation: Vertical Shift

  • 4b. Nonlinear Estimation: Vertical Shift with Slope Coefficient

  • 5. Identifying Shifts in the Beveridge Curve

  • 6. Labor Market Characteristics

  • 7. Fiscal and Labor Market Policies

  • 8. Robustness—Labor Market Characteristics

  • 9. Robustness—Fiscal and Labor Market Policies

  • 10. The Role of Shocks and Labor Market Institutions in the Matching Process

  • Figures

  • 1. OECD Average Unemployment and Vacancies in the Great Recession

  • 2. Beveridge Curves (I)

  • 3. Beveridge Curves (II)

  • Appendices

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Shifting the Beveridge Curve: What Affects Labor Market Matching?
Author:
Ms. Elva Bova
,
João Tovar Jalles
, and
Ms. Christina Kolerus